Æthusa cynapium
by Adolph von Lippe — Text Book of Materia Medica
Mind and Disposition
Bad humor, irritability, especially in the afternoon, and in the open air.
Anxiety.
Delirium.
Head
Giddiness, with sleepiness.
Stitches and pulsations in the head.
Heaviness in the forehead.
Heat rises to the head; the body becomes warmer; the face becomes red and the giddiness ceases.
Sensation, as if both sides of the head were in a vice.
Eyes
Eyes brilliant and protruding.
Pupils dilated and insensible.
Ears
Stitches in the ears, especially in the right ear, as if something hot were streaming from it.
Face
Tearing in the face, in the malar bones.
Throat
Sensation of constriction, preventing deglutition.
Stinging in the throat, between the acts of deglutition.
Taste
Taste sweetish, especially in the morning, when awaking.
Stomach
Violent vomiting (in children) of curdled milk; of green mucus.
Violent vomiting, with diarrhœa-green mucus, or (in children) bloody substances.
Abdomen
Sensation of coldness in the abdomen.
Black bluish swelling of the abdomen.
Stool
Loose stools, preceded by cutting in the abdomen, with tenesmus in the morass, after rising.
Diarrhœa-discharges green, thin, bilious, with violent tenesmus.
Bloody stools.
Back
Sensation, as if the small of the back were in a vice.
Generalities
Epileptic spasms, with clenched thumb, red face, eyes turned downwards, pupils fixed, dilated, foam at the mouth, jaws locked, small, hard and quick pulse.
Spasms, with stupor and delirium.
Sleep
Sleepiness all day; sometimes better in the open air.
Conditions
Coldness, stiffness and rigor of the limbs.
Sensation of parts, as if they were in a vice (head, small of back).